Ice-box.



El ELLIS.

ICE BOX.

AFPLIOATION FILED OUT; 29, 1913.

1, 1 1 1 A46. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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MMmow E. ELLIS.

ICE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED our. 29, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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Specification of Letters ll atenf P atented Sept.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ED EL IS-,a citizen. of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and ,:State'-' of Oklahoma, have'invented certain new and useful vImprovements in Ice-B oXes; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to .which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and one of the principal objects of the in .vention is to provide reliable and efficient means. for weighing the ice as it is placed within the ice chamber, so that the ice man ,will be prevented from delivering underweight blocksof ice,'without the full knowledge of the householder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator having an ice chamber provided with a platform scale to weigh the ice as it is placed in the refrigerator, means being provided for ascertaining the amount of ice in the icefchamber without opening the door of the refri erator.

These and other 0 jects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation and partial section of a refrigerator made in accordance with this invention, portions of the same being shown in section, and the doors being thrown open, Fig. 2 is a detail sec tion on a larger scale of the means for .-;Weighing the ice as itis placed in the refrigerator, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. i is a detail view of the window in the door of the refrigerator and showing the scale marks thereon.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the ice chest, or refrigerator which may be of any required size and of any suitable type, provided with a vertical partition 2, and a horizontal partition 3. Openings 4 are made through the partition to insure a circulation of the cold air to the various chambers, while shelves 5 are provided in the provision chambers upon one side and a large chamber 6 is provided underneath the ice chamber 7 Located in the ice chamber is a platform scale comprising a pan 8, preferably of rectangular formand having upwardly projectinglflanges 9. Securedto the of thepan 8 are guidemembers 10., any suite able number of which may be utilized. The guide members 10.extend through the floor 11 of the ice chamber and the opening 12 may be provided withbushings or sleeves 12-, having collars 13, which lie flush with rods 10 being fitted to slide within the bushlngs 12. Secured centrally under the pan 8 18 a guide member14, said guide member mounted to slide freely in a sleeve 15, ex-

tending through the floor 11. A spiral spring 16 surrounds the guide member 14 and is secured at its upper end to the pan {3 while the lower end bears against an adusting element 17 provided with a set screw 18 for adjusting the tension of the sprlng. Connected to the front flange of the pan 8 is a hand or pointer 19. As shown in Fig. 1 the refrigerator is provided with four doors, a, b, c and d, and in the door a, a glass window 20 is provided and said window has a vertical series of scale marks 21 to cooperate with the pointer 19 to indicate the weight of ice resting upon the The floor 11 of the ice chamber is inclined toward the back of the refrigerator as shown at 22, in Fig. 3, while said floor is inclined oppositely toward the center as shown at 23, Fig. 2. At the center in the back where the floor is depressed a drip pipe 24 extendsdown and out at the bottom and communicates at 25 with a drip pan chamber 26, provided with a hinged door 27. A drip pipe 28 extends through the pan 8 as shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that when a piece of ice 0 is placed on the pan 8 and the door a is closed the weight of the ice will be indicated upon the scale marks 21, and that the amount of ice in the refrigerator will always be indicated without closing the door by observing the position of the pointer 19 relatively to the scale 21.

The invention is simple in construction, eflicient in operation, and will always give the correct weight of the ice as it is placed in the box, and thus prevent the ice man from giving under-weight blocks of ice.

What is claimed is 1. A refrigerator having a weighing scale mounted in the ice chamber thereof, said scale comprising a pan, a series of guide the upper surface of the floor 11, said guide members connected with the bottom of said pan, guide vbush ng I chamber, said uide members extending through said bus ings, a guide rod secured centrally underneath said pan, a tubular guide in the floor of said chamber, said. guide rod x ending throug s id tubular guide, and a s ring'inter osed between the pan and the cor of sai 'ice chamber, in combination with a. window in the door of flaemfrigerator: having scale marks thereon, and a hand or pointer connected to said in the f oor o .Said 7.

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I. N. BRYAN, E. B. HENRY.

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